Champions

Alliance Ambassadors and Chef Corps members include nationally and internationally-renowned individuals from the culinary, film, philanthropic, and sport fields who work closely with the Alliance Secretariat and its partners to raise awareness of household air pollution and promote a market-based approach for the adoption of clean cooking solutions in the developing world.
The following individuals have lent their names, talents and time to support the Alliance and its programs:

Ambassadors

Alliance Ambassadors include a range of nationally and internationally known actors, sports figures, chefs, and other celebrities who utilize their global profile to help promote awareness of the issue of household air pollution and the benefits of clean cooking solutions.

I am proud to stand with Secretary Clinton to work to reduce the senseless and preventable deaths from unsafe cooking conditions in developing countries, and I look forward to contributing to the important work of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

I have seen this silent killer first hand, and I am therefore honored to join the Alliance in helping to raise additional awareness. I am committed to working with Secretary Clinton, Global Ambassador Julia Roberts, and the Alliance’s many partners to ensure that this issue is on the agenda of advocates, chefs, business-owners and policymakers worldwide.

As a musician, I know how to use my voice and my heart to connect with people, and when I learned that cooking kills two million people worldwide every year, I knew I had to stand up and speak out to help the Alliance raise awareness.

I am proud to be the Ambassador of the Alliance and will communicate to my fans advocating for clean cooking, clean air and a better future for the world.

Chef Corps

Culinary Ambassador Chef José Andrés launched the Chef Corp at the Alliance’s 2013 Clean Cooking Forum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Alliance Chef Corps members are renowned chefs from the US, Mexico, India, Cambodia and Kenya, who use their culinary expertise and professional background to raise awareness about the harmful environmental and health impacts of traditional cooking techniques in their native countries. To speak to the Alliance about the Chef Corps, please contact partnerships@cleancookstoves.org

Chef José Andrés

Chef, Founder of World Central Kitchen, and owner of ThinkFoodGroup

Chef José Andrés, world-renowned chef, author and food policy advocate, is owner of ThinkFoodGroup, which includes celebrated restaurants around the United States. Andres became a Culinary Ambassador and leader of the Alliance Chef Corp in September 2011 and was nominated by Time Magazine in 2012 as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Andres is also the founder of World Central Kitchen, a non-profit committed to addressing food insecurity by investing in long-term sustainable strategies and is a passionate advocate of clean cooking solutions. He has reached out to other well-known global chefs to raise public awareness about household air pollution and to garner support for a suite of comprehensive clean cooking solutions.

Pati Jinich

Chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC

Pati Jinich is a cookbook author, cooking teacher and chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC and host of the PBS series, Pati’s Mexican Table. Pati was born and raised in Mexico City and comes from a family of accomplished cooks. In 2007, she launched "Mexican Table” an ongoing series of culinary programs. Her first cookbook, Pati’s Mexican Table: The Secrets of Mexican Home Cooking published in March 2013.

Pati is a regular guest on many television programs, and has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and other U.S. national and regional press. Pati was invited to cook at the White House for the President of the United States’ Cinco de Mayo celebration. She has a passion for promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle for children and families, and is a member of Les Dames D’Escoffier, the International Association of Women Chefs and Restauranteurs, and the Kitchen Cabinet for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.

Susan Kamau

Chef at Kenyan Kitchen

Susan Kamau is a consultant, cook, and a lover of food, as well as the founder and chef behind Kenyan Kitchen. Her natural exuberance and talent for communication have led her to become Kenya's most celebrated chef. Chef Kamau is a champion for clean cooking in Kenya and is assisting the Alliance with its consumer outreach campaign in the country.

Sanjeev Kapoor

Chef at Khana Khazana India Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine today. He is chef extraordinaire, TV show host, author of best-selling cookbooks, restaurant consultant, co-owner of a TV channel, and winner of several important national and international culinary awards. He is also working to help empower Indian women through clean cooking to become self-sufficient.

Luu Meng

Chef at Cambodia Hotel Association

Luu Meng is a native Cambodian who single-handedly developed some of Cambodia’s top kitchens and is at the forefront of the country’s dining revolution. Named in 2014 as Asia’s top chef, Meng is the head chef of Phnom Penh’s Malis restaurant, owner of the Almond Group of restaurants. The famed Khmer celebrity chef is known throughout Cambodia for his gourmet adaptations of traditional Cambodian dishes.